Lid-mover for ice-boxes, refrigerators, and the like.



B. WHITE.

LID MOVER FOR ICE BOXES, REFRIGERATORS, AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED FEB.7,1913.

1,109,723. atented Sept. 8, 1914.

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Patented Sept. s, 1914.

Application filed February 7; 191a. SeriaLNo. 746,793.

To all whom it mag concern Be it known that I, BROWN WHITE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Fort \Vorth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lid-Movers for Ice-Boxes, Refri erators, and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lidlifters and particularly to means for operating lids for opening and closing such articles of furniture or fixtures as ice boxes, refrigerators, ice-cream cabinets, and similar'devices, and the object is to provide simple devices by which the lids can be easily and quickly moved. One of the advantages of this invention is that the lid may be slightly raised and moved in a plane parallel to the top of the ice box or other device. I vantage is that the danger of a lid falling on a persons hands or head is avoided.

Other objects and advantages -will be fully explained in the followin description and more particularly poin te out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application.

Figure l is a side elevation of a box equipped with the improved'lifters. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an enhrged detail view of one of the levers for throwing the litter. Fig. 4 is a broken plan view of one of the levers andits connections. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of the fulcrum bracket.

Similar characters of reference are used to -indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

The ice box shown in the drawings has a lid in two parts or two lids 1 and 2. Two pairs of rods 3 are pivotally connectedto lid 1 and to fulcrum brackets 4 and 5. -By means of the rods 3 the lid 1 can be moved to the position of the dotted outline shown in Fig. 1 and from the dotted outline to the closed position. By opening the box in this manner, the cold air is not drawn out of the box and by closing the box in this manner the warm air will not be forced down into the box. It will be understood that similar rods are pivotally connected to the other side of the lid 1. llods 6 are pivotally connected to the lid and to fulcrum brackets 5 and 7 which are attached to the sides of the box. The lid 2 can be manipulated in the same man- Another ad-' f her as lid foot lever m ay be fulcrumed on the side of the box and pivotally connected to a link bar 9 which is pivotally connected to an extension of one of the rods 3 for operating lid land a similar lever 8 .arrangedin a. similar manner for operating lid 2. \Vith the mechanism shown either 11d may be moved b a mere pressure of the foot; on the lever. he lid will remain parallel to the top of the box while bein shifted from one position and-will notave a fanning action when being closed nor a suction action when opened. This invention makes the opening and the closing of the boxmuch more satisfactory than lids "which are hingedto the box, or which are made to slide. 2

WhatI claim, is,

1. In abox having two lids in the same plane, means for moving either lid to an open position and on top of the other lid and back to the closed position and holding the moving lid parallel to and in close proximity to the plane of the top of the box while being moved, said means consisting of pairs of relatively long rods set at inclines to the lids and pivotally connected to the outer end portions of the lid, and pivotally connected to the sides of the box, and pairs of relatively long inclined rods pivotally connected to the central edge portions of the lids and to the sides of the box, the pivotal connections of the lids being in the 'same plane and the pivotal connections on the box being in the same plane and near the bottom of the box.

2. In a box provided with a lid for closing the box, means for lifting the lid and moving the same parallel to and in close proximity to the top of the box, consisting of pairs of rods connected to each edge of the lid near the end thereof, and pairs of rods connected to the edges of the lid near the central portions thereof, said rods being extended down on the outsides of the box and pivotally connected thereto near the bottom thereof and adapted to swing in planes parallel to each other and to the sides of the box, and a foot-lever connected to one of the rods.

3. In a box provided with a lid for closing the box. means for moving the lid to an open position and to a closed position consisting of a pair of rods pivotally connected to each side of the end of the lid and pivotally connected to the side of the box and a pair of rods pivotally connected each side In testimony whereof, I set my hand in of the lid substantially at points midway bethe presence of two Witnesses, this 3rd day tween the ends and pivotally connected to of February, 1913.

the sides of the box, all pivotal connections BROWN \VHITE. of the lids being in the same plane and all \Vitnesses: pivotal connections to the box being in the A. L. JACKSON,

same plane. L. T. KNIGHT. 

